Blast off! Exploring our solar system and beyond

We're going extraterrestrial with a panel of super star space scientists who are exploring the solar system and beyond. Will they find life out there? Which is the universe's best planet? And what's Matt Damon got to do with it? Incredible tales from Mars, Jupiter, and more.

This event was recorded at the World Science Festival Brisbane on 29 March 2026.

Speakers:

Tracy DrainChief Engineer with NASA's Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter

David FlanneryAssociate Professor of astrobiology, Queensland University of Technology

Sara Webb Author, science communicator and astrophysicist, Swinburne University

Brian SchmidtDistinguished Professor of astrophysics, Australian National University, 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics

Tamara Davis (host) Professor of Astrophysics, University of Queensland